Workshops | Fallout 76 Wiki

Fallout 76 Public Workshops are special locations where players may interact with Crafting benches in Appalachia. Some Public Workshops are available for discovery and use throughout West Virginia. These are unlocked through combat - either by clearing the area or contesting another player's ownership. Those eager to optimize their gear should be on the lookout for these special locations.

What are Fallout 76 Workshops

Use workshops to engage in Crafting. Public Workshops provide free building materials for crafting workbenches, building defenses against other players or enemy creatures, or experimenting with structures to create new Blueprints.
You will need to learn Crafting Recipes to learn how to make special Armor, Weapons and Mods.
Armor Workbench - use to craft Armor and Outfits
Weapons Workbench - use to craft Weapons
Chemistry Station - used for Crafting drinks, Crafting ammo and fusion cores,Crafting aid items and Metals smelting.
Cooking Station - used for foods
Tinker's workbench- used to craft ammunition, grenades and mines. Plans for this are rewarded after completing Second Helpings.
Power Armor Station - mod or add Power Armor pieces.
You can salvage parts from Junk, which yield the Materials you need for crafting.
A portable, customizable CAMP will act as your more permanent base of operations.
Public Workshops differ from your C.A.M.P in that while your C.A.M.P is yours alone, Public Workshops can accommodate teams of players working together, building on the experimentation and designs of those before them

Challenges related to workshops

Can also be a source of Atoms by completing the followings challenges :

Weekly Challenge: Scrap or Craft 50 Apparel, Armor or Weapons - 40 Atoms
Weekly Challenge: Take 10 Photos at Workshops - 40 Atoms
Combat challenges: Craft a piece of Armor - 10 Atoms
Combat challenges: Mod a piece of Armor - 10 Atoms
Combat challenges: Craft or Scrap 76 pieces of Armor - 20 Atoms
Combat challenges: Craft a Weapon - 10 Atoms
Combat challenges: Mod a Weapon - 10 Atoms
Combat challenges: Craft or Scrap a Melee Weapons - 10 Atoms
Combat challenges: Craft or Scrap an Automatic Weapons or Non-Automatic Weapons - 10 Atoms
Combat challenges: Craft or Scrap 76 Automatic Weapons or Non-Automatic Weapons - 20 Atoms
Combat challenges: Repair a piece of Armor or a Weapon - 10 Atoms
Combat challenges: Craft Ammo - 10 Atoms
Combat challenges: Craft 76 Grenades - 20 Atoms
Social Challenges: Build a Furnishing at a Workshop or C.A.M.P - 10 Atoms
Social challenges: Claim a Workshop - 10 Atoms